The 7 Best GTX 1070 Laptops for 2019

In this guide, we’ve rated and reviewed seven of the best GTX 1070 laptops currently available to help you find the right gaming laptop for your needs and budget.

We recently took a look at the best GTX 1080 gaming laptops available and today we’re going to come back and review some of the top GTX 1070 laptops available. Obviously, the GTX 1070 laptops aren’t going to perform quite as well in games at GTX 1080 laptops will. But, if you’re looking to get a gaming laptop that has a 1080P and a high refresh rate, the GTX 1070 is powerful enough to where you should expect to play most games on max settings with high framerates.

While, on average, a GTX 1070 laptop won’t cost as much as a GTX 1080 laptop (there are exceptions, though), the cost to get a gaming laptop in a GTX 1070 in it is still pretty high. In fact, the cheapest option on this list comes in at just a little under $1,600. And, if you consider the kind of high-end gaming desktop you can build with a $1,600 budget, the laptop’s performance will pale in comparison.

Of course, if you need the mobility of a laptop, there is no way around their lower price-to-performance ratio in comparison to desktops. Fortunately, though, the GTX 1070 laptops listed below should still perform on a very high level for you. So, if you’re in the market for a quality gaming laptop, check out our overviews on the laptops below to help you choose the right option for your needs.

*NOTE: Every laptop in this guide has a GTX 1070 in it, which means they will all perform fairly similar in terms of in-game performance (except the laptops that come with higher resolution screens). So, we’ve rated the options below mainly on the additional hardware and features they come with and the price they come in at.

A Quick Look at the Top GTX 1070 Laptops

To give you a quick overview of our top selections for the best GTX 1070 laptops, the table below showcases our top four picks, including the best GTX 1070 laptop overall, our runner-up pick, the best GTX 1070 laptop with a 4K screen, and the cheapest option available.

*For more information on each of the laptops above, click the “Read Review »” link under the “Check Price” button and you will jump to our overview on that laptop. You can also scroll further down on this guide to see our three Honorable Mention picks and read our overview on them, too.

Best GTX 1070 Laptop: HP OMEN 15.6″

We previous had the ASUS ROG STRIX Scar listed below as our top pick for the best GTX 1070 gaming laptop and, really, it still could be considered so. However, the HP Omen, for the same price, offers a couple of extra perks.

When you compare the HP Omen to the ROG STRIX Scar, there really aren’t a ton of differences. Both laptops feature a GTX 1070 8GB GPU, a 1080P 144Hz IPS display with G-Sync technology, and an Intel Core i7-8750H processor.

Where the two differ is in screen size, memory, and storage options. The HP Omen offers more memory (32GB vs 16GB) than the Scar and comes with a larger SSD (512GB vs 256GB). However, the Scar boasts the larger screen size (17.3″ vs 15.6″) and it also comes with a secondary 1TB hybrid drive, whereas the HP Omen only has the 512GB SSD.

In a lot of ways, the extra memory and the larger SSD that the Omen have won’t make a huge difference in terms of in-game performance and the larger screen of the Scar might be the nicer feature to have. So, if you want a larger display, go with the Scar, and if you can utilize the extra memory and/or the larger SSD, go with the HP Omen. Because, ultimately, both options are great and so if you are looking for a solid GTX 1070 gaming laptop for under $2,000, then either of those two will likely be your best options.

17.3″ GTX 1070 Laptop: ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17.3″

If you’re a competitive esports gamer who has a pretty large budget and needs a gaming laptop that will give them ideal performance, then you might want to consider ASUS’s ROG Strix Scar gaming laptop. Not only does this high-end laptop come with a GTX 1070 graphics card, but its 17.3″ 1080P IPS display sports a 144Hz refresh rate and comes with NVIDIA’s G-Sync technology.

Or, in other words, with the high refresh rate and G-Sync, this gaming laptop will display games in an incredibly smooth manner. And, for competitive gamers, that combination can help you gain an advantage over your competitors.

For the ROG Strix Scar’s other specs, it comes with an 8th generation six-core Intel Core i7-8750H processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a 256GB SSD, and a 1TB FireCuda SSHD secondary drive.

Ultimately, we laid out the differences between the ROG STRIX Scar and its main competitor—the HP Omen—above and either options are good choices. It will really just come down to whether or not you want a larger screen (if so, choose the Scar), or you want a smaller laptop and/or more memory and a larger SSD (if so, get the HP Omen).

4K GTX 1070 Laptop: MSI GS73014 17.3″

Gaming laptops might not quite be ready to deliver high-end 4K gaming yet (although, that could be changing soon with the upcoming release of NVIDIA’s RTX laptop GPUs), but that doesn’t mean that you can’t find a 4K gaming laptop that will offer you a pretty good experience.

The biggest problem with 4K gaming on a laptop is that, not only are laptop graphics cards limited in how much power they can deliver because of the small form-factor of laptops in general, but there aren’t many full-size desktop GPUs that can handle 4K gaming at max settings, either.

So, while the MSI GS73014 STEALTH-014 does come with a 4K IPS G-Sync panel, it likely isn’t going to be able to run today’s most demanding titles at maximum settings at acceptable framerates. Even higher-powered GTX 1080 laptops will struggle to run graphics-intensive games on higher settings.

Still, though, if you’re willing to turn some settings down and play at lower-to-medium settings, or if you mainly play non-demanding games and you could utilize the 4K screen for other purposes, then the MSI GS73014 laptop still might make sense for you.

While the MSI GS73014 does come in at quite a bit higher of a price than the other options on this list (just under $2,600), it does have some hardware features that stand out. It comes with a six-core Intel Core i7-8750H processor, 16GB of DDR4 memory, a 512GB SSD, and a 2TB secondary hard drive. So, if you need storage space, this laptop has a lot more than any of the other laptops listed in this guide.

Ultimately, if gaming is your main goal, then for this same price, you might want to consider looking for a GTX 1080 laptop instead, as that will give you better performance overall. But, if you could utilize the 4K display, and you want the extra storage, the MSI GS73014 is definitely a solid option overall.

Budget GTX 1070 Laptop: MSI GP73 17.3″

While no GTX 1070 laptop could be considered “cheap” the MSI GE63VR is the cheapest GTX 1070 laptop available. It comes in at just under $1,600. And, really, for that low of a price, it does offer a decent set of hardware.

It comes with an Intel Core i7-8750H processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a 256GB SSD, and a 1TB hard drive. However, the main downside of this laptop is that it only comes with a 60Hz refresh rate and it doesn’t have a G-Sync display, which could cause problems with screen tearing in more demanding games where the GPU might not be able to supply a high enough framerate.

Still, though, the GTX 1070 is powerful enough to run most games on a 1080P display with high framerates and so it should hold up just fine for the most part. Ultimately, though, due to the lower refresh rate, it doesn’t quite stack up to the other options on this list in terms of hardware, but if you don’t want to spend over $1,600 on a GTX 1070 laptop, the MSI GE63VR is probably your best bet.

Honorable Mention #1: Alienware AAW17R4 17.3″

Another interesting GTX 1070 gaming laptop option is the Alienware AAW17R4. The main thing that stands out on the Alienware AAW17RA is the fact that it comes with a 1440P display instead of a lower resolution 1080P screen or a higher resolution 4K screen.

This alone makes it a unique option because, while a GTX 1070 laptop will likely struggle to run games at an acceptable framerate on a 4K display, they will be able to run games on a 1440P display much easier and will likely deliver acceptable framerates at max settings on even the most demanding games. So, with this 1440P display, you get an upgraded screen resolution without having to sacrifice so much performance that you’ll end up having to turn some graphics settings down.

The display does also comes with G-Sync technology and a 120Hz refresh rate. And, while the GTX 1070 should be able to handle 1440P fairly well, it might not quite be able to produce a framerate high enough in more demanding games on a 1440P monitor to truly make use of the 120Hz refresh rate, but the included G-Sync should help alleviate that a bit by matching the display’s refresh rate to the 1070’s framerate to give you a really smooth in-game experience.

Ultimately, the Alienware AAW17R4 is definitely an alternative option worth considering in comparison to the HP Omen or ASUS ROG Strix Scar. Its 1440P 120Hz G-Sync display should present an interesting enough combination to lure some gamers in to choose it over either of those options.

Honorable Mention #2: ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 15.6″

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 was our pick for the best gaming laptop with a GTX 1080 in it. However, that was the GTX 1080 version of the GX501. The main thing that holds the ROG Zephyrus GX501 GTX 1070 version back from being our top choice among GTX 1070 laptops is its price and the fact that the ROG Strix Scar and HP Omen basically have the same (or better) specs, but they come in $300 cheaper.

Still, though, the GX501 GTX 1070 comes with high-end hardware and will deliver and excellent in-game experience in pretty much any modern game out there. It has a six-core Intel Core i7-8750H processor, 16GB of DDR4 memory, a 256GB SSD, and a 1TB FireCuda SSHD secondary drive. Like the ROG Strix Scar and HP Omen, the GX501 also comes with a 144Hz 1080P IPS G-Sync display. However, whereas the ROG Strix Scar sports a 17.3″ display, the GX501 (like the HP Omen) has a smaller 15.6″ display.

So, in the end, while the GX501 is a very capable gaming laptop, the better price of the ROG Strix Scar (as well as the bigger screen) and the HP Omen (which has more memory and a larger SSD), make them, in our opinion, better options.

Honorable Mention #3: GIGABYTE Aero 15X 15.6″

The Gigabyte Aero 15X is another option that you might want to consider. Like some of the more recommended options on this list it comes with a newer six-core Intel Core i7-8750H processor and a high-end 1080P display that features a 144Hz refresh rate.

The one downside of the Aero 15X, though, is that it doesn’t have a G-Sync display and it also comes in at ~$2,250, which makes it the second most expensive laptop on this list. And, those two things combined make it tough to recommend, especially when the ASUS ROG Strix Scar comes with essentially the same specs, but has G-Sync, and costs ~$350 less.

So, while the Aero 15X is a more-than-capable gaming laptop, when you consider the other options in the same price range it probably isn’t the best option to go with.

If you’re looking for a solid gaming laptop, these GTX 1070 laptops will work for you

These GTX 1070 laptops will suit gamers who are looking for a high-end gaming experience on a mobile 1080P display. We chose multiple options based on their hardware, displays, and price to give you the best overall options available. So, if you need a new gaming computer and you have about $1,500-$2,000 to spend, one of the options listed above should work for you. If you don’t absolutely need a laptop and are willing to build your own computer, though, you might want to check out our high-end gaming desktop guide, as you’ll get a lot more performance for the price you pay.

Great list! I’m curious, though, why there is no mention of the Acer Predator 17 (G9-793) or equivalent? Was it not considered or did it just score too low to make the list? It’s a surprisingly good machine for the price.

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